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“I’m Starting on My Team, Why Do More?”

Let me share this one more time. Every day I read Seth Godin’s blog. His blog would be categorized as a marketing/ business type blog – not directly athletic or sports related at all. Nevertheless, I find it interesting and useful daily. Often I find it directly applicable to coaching, and athletics. Today was one of those days. Here is the text of today’s post:

“I’m making money, why do more?”

Because doing more than you need to makes it personal.

Because work that belongs to you, by choice, is the first step to making art.

Because the choice to do more brings passion to your life and it makes you more alive.

Because if you don’t, someone else will, and in an ever more competitive world, doing less means losing.

Because you care.

Because we’re watching.

Because you can.

The initial question can easily be changed to apply to athletics and coaching: